International

09-10-2022 MOGADISHU: Somalia’s government has declared a crackdown on media organizations that publish what it deems propaganda for the armed group al-Shabab, warning offenders will be punished. The armed forces, backed by local militias and international allies, have waged an aggressive campaign against the al-Qaeda-linked group. “I want to inform …

08-10-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s government says it has rescued about 130 Indians who were forced to work in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia after they were lured by agents who had offered well-paying job opportunities in the information technology sector that turned out to be fake. Arindam …

08-10-2022 LONDON: After three years of planning, five expeditions and a two-week trek through dense jungle, scientists have reached the tallest tree ever found in the Amazon rainforest, a towering specimen the size of a 25-storey building. The giant tree, whose top juts out high above the canopy in the …

08-10-2022 KUALA LUMPUR/ WASHINGTON: An alleged Malaysian wildlife trafficker has been extradited to the United States on charges of participating in a conspiracy to traffic more than 70kg (154lbs) of rhinoceros horns valued at more than $725,000, the US Department of Justice has said. The suspect, Malaysian national Teo Boon …

08-10-2022 PARIS/ TEHRAN: The French government on Friday advised its nationals visiting Iran to “leave the country as soon as possible”, citing the risk of arbitrary detention. “All French visitors, including dual nationals, are exposed to a high risk of arrest, arbitrary detention and unfair trial,” the foreign ministry said …

07-10-2022 Bureau Report DUBAI/ KARACHI: Pakistani mechanic, based in Abu Dhabi, bagged AED10,000,000 (Rs607 million) in the 96th Mahzooz weekly draw. Saad has been living in Dubai for the last nine years. He is the second Pakistani national to become Mahzooz’s 29th multi-millionaire. The 32-year-old is currently living in a …

07-10-2022 WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has warned the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at its highest since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, as Moscow talks openly of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons in its invasion of Ukraine. Speaking to party donors, Biden said Russian President …

07-10-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ NEW DELHI: Human rights group Amnesty International has condemned the flogging of Muslim men by Indian police in the state of Gujarat and called it a “serious human rights violation” showing “utter disrespect towards the law”. The public flogging has sparked outage with some …

07-10-2022 GENEVA: The UN rights council on Thursday voted down a Western-led motion to hold a debate about alleged human rights abuses by China against Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang in a victory for Beijing as it seeks to avoid further scrutiny. The defeat, 19 against, 17 for, 11 …

07-10-2022 BANGKOK: Grief and anger have engulfed Thailand a day after the mass killing of children and adults at a preschool daycare centre by a former Thai police officer who went on a rampage of stabbing and shooting before he shot his wife, child, and himself. The country reeled as …